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The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a homicide at the 23rd Street and Hinkle Dr ...
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a homicide at the 23rd Street and Hinkle Drive, on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Las Vegas police investigate a shooting on the 1400 block of North 23rd Street on Tuesday, Dec. ...
Las Vegas police investigate a shooting on the 1400 block of North 23rd Street on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. (Glenn Puit/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a homicide at the 23rd Street and Hinkle Dr ...
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a homicide at the 23rd Street and Hinkle Drive, on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a homicide at the 23rd Street and Hinkle Dr ...
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a homicide at the 23rd Street and Hinkle Drive, on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
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December 15, 2020 - 1:25 pm
 
Updated December 15, 2020 - 9:45 pm

Homicide detectives are investigating a shooting Tuesday in the central Las Vegas Valley that left a man in “extremely critical condition.”

The shooting happened about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday on the 1400 block of North 23rd Street, near Owens and Eastern avenues, according to an email from Metropolitan Police Department homicide Lt. Ray Spencer.

The man shot was taken to University Medical Center, where he was in “extremely critical” condition on Tuesday afternoon, Spencer said during a briefing outside the scene.

Spencer said the man was parking in a rental car when an unidentified man walked up and shot him multiple times.

Further information was not immediately available.

Anyone with information about the shooting can contact Metro at 702-828-3521. Anonymous tips can be left with Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555.

Contact Katelyn Newberg at knewberg@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0240. Follow @k_newberg on Twitter. Review-Journal staff writer Alexis Ford contributed to this report.

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